My last Trip - Death in Suspicious circumstance 1959 - alleged beating by Scottish Crew on shore died 5 day later congestion of the lungs. More info required please help! Left a wife and 9 month old child behind.

Anecdotes

I joined Thalamus in Singapore after a 12-month world-wide cruise on the Ninella. The Thalamus had been out east for a long time with a British crew, most of whom had died, jumped ship, got DT's, fallen overboard or otherwise become incapacitated.
Shell gathered up all the deck and engineer apprentices it could fine in the area to crew Thalamus back to Europe.
I assume nobody wanted her cargo of parafin wax, so we were instructed to sail at 4 knots across the Indian Ocean in high summer, so you can imagine what that was like with a cargo that needed to be kept so hot. Sleeping out on deck became the norm.
After the Suez Canal transit, we were suddenly told to maintain normal speed to Belfast where we all paid off, but as far as I know Thalamus was laid up, parafin wax and all.
Mike Offord

Joined Thalamus in December 1954 as 5th engineer in South Shields. In April 1954 Thalamus was sent to the aid of the San Cirilo after the boiler explosion which killed all the engineers apart from the Chief and two firemen. Chief Engineer Macaulay arranged for 3rd engineer and two 5ths to be put aboard Cirilo,I was one of them.
Our Chief Mate refused to take the ships motor boat and Cirilo had to send hers for us. We found the Cirilo Chief inside the other boiler descaling. We spent 7 days aboard repairing and sailing her into Trinidad. We kept 6 hour watches.
On rejoining Thalamus I was promoted to 4th engineer.
Unfortunately in September 1955 In Rotterdam myself and a 5th were scalded and hospitalised.